Mueller and a handful of other Republicans sit in the coffee shop of the historic Plains Hotel on this windy January morning, chatting about the incoming administration and their mixed feelings.
BP's offer to settle quickly might be a savvy move if Kenneth Feinberg, the special master hired by the Obama administration to oversee the fund, can obtain ironclad releases from the shrimpers, hotel owners and thousands of other people who claim they've lost money because of the spill.